Long-Neglected Road Maintenance Now Urgent and Expensive

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The California road repair funding shortfall.

By Kate Galbraith, CALmatters.org

California lawmakers are struggling to climb out of a deep hole. The gas tax that supports road repairs ranks among the highest in the country but the state has some of the worst roads in America.

A recent report from the state Senate said 68 percent of California roads are in poor or mediocre condition, the 44th worst record in the nation. It also said the cost for all of the unfunded repairs identified by state and local officials in the coming decade is about $135 billion.

Read the complete story at CALmatters.org

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